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Common Names
Lettuce
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 13000.0 | 216667.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUFA | 4 | Leaf | 1590.0 | 26500.0 | 0.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Leaf | 390.0 | 6500.0 | -0.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SFA | 0 | Leaf | 390.0 | 6500.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Leaf | 10.0 | 800.0 | 1.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILVER | 3 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SITOSTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Leaf | 28.0 | 18560.0 | 2.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Leaf | 40.0 | 667.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STRONTIUM | 0 | Shoot | 2.0 | 580.0 | 0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUGAR | 0 | Leaf | not available | 65000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Shoot | 29.0 | 3800.0 | 1.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXASTEROL | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Leaf | 0.5 | 8.3 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Leaf | 590.0 | 9833.0 | 0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TITANIUM | 0 | Leaf | 0.1 | 870.0 | 3.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 3 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 2 | Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225. |
| Toxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Trichomonicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Tumorigenic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Uricosuric | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterosedative | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |